''Siliqua'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of saltwater razor
clam
Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve mollusc. The word is often applied only to those that are deemed edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the sea floor or riverbeds. Clams h ...
s,
marine bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
molluscs
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
in the
family
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Pharidae
Pharidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the order Adapedonta. This family of clams is related to the Solenidae, razor shells, a family which is considered ...
, the
razor clam Razor clam is a common name for long, narrow, saltwater clams (which resemble a closed straight razor in shape), including:
* Atlantic jackknife clam, ''Ensis leei'' (syn. ''Ensis directus'')
* Gould's razor shell, ''Solen strictus''
* Pacific razo ...
s and
jackknife clams.
Species
Species in the genus ''Siliqua'' include:
[WoRMS (2009). Siliqua Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159997 on 2010-06-22]
* ''
Siliqua albida''
( Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* ''
Siliqua alta''
( Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) – northern or Arctic razor clam
* ''
Siliqua barnardi''
M. Huber, 2010
* ''
Siliqua costata''
( Say, 1822) – Atlantic razor clam
* ''
Siliqua fasciata
The siliqua (. siliquas or siliquae) is the modern namegiven without any ancient evidence to confirm the designationto small, thin, Roman silver coins produced in the 4th century and later. When the coins were in circulation, the Latin word wa ...
''
(Spengler
Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler (29 May 1880 – 8 May 1936) was a German polymath whose areas of interest included history, philosophy, mathematics, science, and art, as well as their relation to his organic theory of history. He is best kno ...
, 1794)
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Siliqua grayana
The siliqua (. siliquas or siliquae) is the modern namegiven without any ancient evidence to confirm the designationto small, thin, Roman silver coins produced in the 4th century and later. When the coins were in circulation, the Latin word wa ...
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( Dunker, 1862)
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Siliqua herberti
The siliqua (. siliquas or siliquae) is the modern namegiven without any ancient evidence to confirm the designationto small, thin, Roman silver coins produced in the 4th century and later. When the coins were in circulation, the Latin word wa ...
''
M. Huber, 2015
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Siliqua japonica
The siliqua (. siliquas or siliquae) is the modern namegiven without any ancient evidence to confirm the designationto small, thin, Roman silver coins produced in the 4th century and later. When the coins were in circulation, the Latin word wa ...
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Dunker, 1861
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Siliqua lucida
The siliqua (. siliquas or siliquae) is the modern namegiven without any ancient evidence to confirm the designationto small, thin, Roman silver coins produced in the 4th century and later. When the coins were in circulation, the Latin word wa ...
''
( Conrad, 1837)
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Siliqua minima
The siliqua (. siliquas or siliquae) is the modern namegiven without any ancient evidence to confirm the designationto small, thin, Roman silver coins produced in the 4th century and later. When the coins were in circulation, the Latin word wa ...
''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806)
* Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete
* ...
, 1791)
* ''
Siliqua patula
The Pacific razor clam, ''Siliqua patula'', is a large mollusc native to North America belonging to the family Pharidae. Pacific razor clams are Sexual dimorphism, sexually dimorphic, but as with all clams, there is no way to tell the difference b ...
''
Dixon, 1789 - Pacific razor clam
* ''
Siliqua polita''
( W. Wood, 1828)
* ''
Siliqua pulchella''
Dunker, 1852
* ''
Siliqua radiata''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758)
* ''
Siliqua rostrata''
(Dunker, 1862)
* ''
Siliqua squama''
( Blainville, 1827)
References
External links
Razor & jackknife clams
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Bivalve genera
Pharidae